Brunei Darussalam has decided to postpone the implementation of entry and exit charges at land border checkpoints to Oct 1 following a request from the Sarawak government. ( read original story ...)
Kemp renews ban on mask mandates, extends Georgia coronavirus restrictions
Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign an order Friday that extends Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions an additional two weeks and renew rules that explicitly ban cities and counties from adopting mandates ... ( read original story ...)
Oxford University honours well-known Laos medical researcher
VIENTIANE, Aug 2 (The Vientiane Times/ANN): Well-known Laos researcher and lecturer in the field of medicine, Associate Prof Dr Mayfong Mayxay has been awarded a visiting professorship by the ... ( read original story ...)
Virtual Tisha Be’av service hit by antisemitic hate, calls to bomb Israel
A joint service of several Dallas-area synagogues was disrupted on Thursday by threatening antisemitic messages targeting Jews and Israel, according to an Algemeiner report. When several local ... ( read original story ...)
UAE launches operations in first nuclear power plant in the Arab world
The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that it has launched operations in the first of four reactors at the Barakah nuclear power station, which has been described as the first nuclear power ... ( read original story ...)
Big catch: Cambodia arrests 2 men for smuggling 200kg of illicit drug
Cambodian authorities have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling 200 kg of drug from a neighbouring country, said an anti-drug police department's report released on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections: Five things to know
BANGKOK -- Sri Lanka's general elections on Aug. 5 are set to end the uncertainty that has gripped the nation since early March, when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved the 225-member ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka gears up for delayed polls amid pandemic
Leader of Sri Lanka People's Front party and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, wearing a protective mask, waves at his supporters during a campaign rally ahead of country's parliamentary elections ... ( read original story ...)
Boys’ lemonade stand raises thousands for Yemen crisis
With the ongoing conflict in Yemen tens of thousands of lives have been lost. An estimated 24m people, equivalent to 80% of the country's population, are now in need of humanitarian aid to survive. ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: South Korea reports 30 new cases
South Korea has reported 30 additional case of the coronavirus, most of them associated with international arrivals. The cases announced Sunday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... ( read original story ...)